Crossref Status

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Operational
All systems are operating normally. No issues detected.

System status

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Public REST API
deliberately-unreliable server
Open Funder Registry
Plus REST API
Crossref website
Retraction Watch
Crossref support
Polite REST API
Admin tool
Handle servers
Demo Auth
Plus OAI-PMH
OAI-PMH
Monitoring of iThenticate can be seen at https://turnitin.statuspage.io.
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Annual public data files
XML Snapshots
JSON Snapshots
XML API
AWS cloudfront
Test admin tool
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Incident overview

Total incidents

12

Active now

0

Resolved

12

Avg. resolution

51h 41m

Recent incidents

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New funder matches not available via the Metadata Plus REST API pool

none

Content Registration Outage and Instability

none

Metadata Plus REST API not validating API keys

critical

test.crossref.org is currently being monitored

critical

Test admin tool - test.crossref.org - is down

critical

Errors logging in to the test admin tool - test.crossref.org

major

www.crossref.org was down for 70 mins on Sunday, 13 September; we're monitoring for the coming weeks

none

www.crossref.org was down for 70 mins

none

Content registration processing delays today

minor

Several members reporting errors when attempting to log in to register records (Admin tool, Metadata Manager, web deposit form, OJS)

none

Frequently asked questions

Is Crossref down right now?

Crossref is currently operational. DevHelm monitors Crossref's official status page continuously and updates this page every 5 minutes.

What is Crossref's current uptime?

Crossref has a measured 30-day uptime of 100.00%. Over the last 24 hours, uptime is 100.00%, and over 7 days it is 100.00%. These figures are computed from Crossref's official status page data.

How many incidents has Crossref had recently?

Crossref has experienced 12 incidents in the recent monitoring window. Resolved incidents were fixed in an average of 51h 41m. All incidents are currently resolved.

What components does Crossref monitor?

DevHelm tracks 31 individual components for Crossref, including Public REST API, deliberately-unreliable server, Open Funder Registry, Plus REST API, Crossref website, and 26 more. Each component has its own status and 90-day uptime history shown above.

How can I get notified about Crossref outages?

You can subscribe to Crossref's incident feed via Atom/RSS at devhelm.io/status/crossref/feed.xml for use in any feed reader. For real-time alerts via Slack, email, PagerDuty, or webhooks, add Crossref as a dependency in your DevHelm workspace.

About Crossref status monitoring

This page provides real-time operational status for Crossref, powered by DevHelm's continuous monitoring infrastructure. We track Crossref's official status page and aggregate component-level data into uptime percentages, incident timelines, and historical trends.

Crossref status data is refreshed every 5 minutes. We currently track 31 individual components, each with its own operational status and 90-day uptime history.

Uptime percentages represent the proportion of time all monitored components reported operational status. Incident data comes from vendor-published incident timelines and includes status updates, affected components, and resolution times.

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